Glossary
Some of these words mean something more specific in ToolboxFM than they do on the project. Where that is the case, the difference is the point.
Project
Section titled “Project”A physical place you manage. The top of the hierarchy — every zone, work activity, diary entry and subcontractor belongs to exactly one.
An area inside a project that you track separately. Has a lifecycle: pending, active, closed.
Exclusion zone
Section titled “Exclusion zone”A zone that only one work activity may hold at a time. This is what stops two crews turning up to the same lift at the same hour.
Work activity
Section titled “Work activity”One crew, one job, one zone, one time window. The unit that approvals, the day board, pause and close-out all attach to.
Blocking
Section titled “Blocking”What an approved work activity does to its exclusion zone while it is scheduled or active. A pending request does not block.
Bumped
Section titled “Bumped”Said of a work activity that has been approved over on its exclusion zone. Worked out when the page is read, not stored.
Overdue
Section titled “Overdue”Either running past its window, or never started. Both are rescued with Extend.
Close-out
Section titled “Close-out”The questions asked about a finished work activity. Asked afterwards rather than blocking the end, because most activities finish without anybody pressing a button.
Head Office
Section titled “Head Office”The name of the organisation-wide role. Not tied to a single project.